Crimea 克里米亚
The Crimean Peninsula (Russian:Кры́мский полуо́стров; Ukrainian:Кри́мський піво́стрів; Crimean Tatar:Къырым ярымадасы), also known simply as Crimea (; Russian:Крым; Ukrainian:Крим; Crimean Tatar:Къырым), is a major land mass on the northern coast of the Black Sea that is almost completely surrounded both the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov to the northeast. The peninsula is located south of the Ukrainian region of Kherson and west of the Russian region of Kuban. It is connected to Kherson Oblast by the Isthmus of Perekop and is separated from Kuban by the Strait of Kerch. The Arabat Spit is located to the northeast, a narrow strip of land that separates a system of lagoons named Sivash from the Sea of Azov.